Miscellaneous: Elected by his peers as team captain ... Army's top returning all-around performer ... three-time NCAA qualifier ... met the standards last year as an all-arounder after qualifying first two years in multiple events ... turned in highest placing of eighth in qualifying round last year ... ECAC title contender and potential NCAA All-American on pommel horse and high bar this season ... finished third on the horse at last year's ECAC Championships ... just missed capturing a pair of USAGC All-American certificates last year on the horse and floor ... added high bar to list of events this season ... has been consistent scorer as well on floor exercise, vault and parallel bars ... starter in every meet the past two years ... turned in Army's top five marks in 2003 on pommel horse and the second-highest score in all-around ... three-year letterman.
2003: NCAA qualifier who finished eighth in session first time competing as an all-arounder ... headed to the meet ranked 26th in all-around and 11th nationally on pommel horse ... earned the bronze medal on pommel horse at the ECAC Championships with a 9.2, equaling second highest mark of the season ... forged a career-high 9.25 on horse in winning effort against Navy ... grabbed top honors four times during the regular season ... scored a 9.0 or above on five occasions ... tied for 29th in session at NCAAs, but best individual showings came on vault and floor exercise ... turned in a career-high 9.1 in tying for 17th place on vault and tied for 19th on floor exercise ... also set career marks on floor (8.825), still rings (8.7), parallel bars (8.5) and high bar (8.55) during the course of the season ... turned in a career-high 52.05 all-around mark in fourth place finish at USAGC Championships ... just missed earning USAGC All-America honors on pommel horse and floor exercise.
2002: Qualified in two events for the NCAAs ... second straight year met the standard on parallel bars and pommel horse ... entered the meet tied for 59th (8.317) nationally on parallel bars and 74th (8.15) on the horse ... finished 22nd out of 47 competitors on pommel horse (8.4) and was 29th on parallel bars (8.15), bettering previous year's finish in both prequalifying sessions ... posted Army's second- and third-highest marks on the horse ... recorded a season-high 8.65 in first-place finish in triangular meet with Air Force and James Madison ... turned in an 8.55 against host and perennial powerhouse Penn State in regular-season finale ... finished third in Navy meet with an 8.4 ... top mark on parallel bars of 8.35 just missed equaling career high ... recorded that mark in back-to-back meets ... first set it at the All-Academy Championships and equaled it in tying for fourth place at Navy meet ... scored an 8.3 three times late in the season, the last at the ECAC Championships ... top mark in all-around of 48.85 recorded against Massachusetts ... scored season best 8.5 on floor and still rings ... recorded that score twice on floor, the first in final dual meet of the season versus Penn State and in the prelims at the ECAC Championships ... 8.5 on rings notched runner-up honors against Massachusetts and tied for fifth-best mark of the season ... scored a career-high 8.65 on vault in triangular home meet with Air Force and James Madison.
2001: NCAA qualifier on rings, pommel horse and parallel bars ... turned in a personal-best 8.4 on bars to finish 26th, tied for 31st on horse (8.2) and 37th on rings (8.1) in first NCAA appearance ... among Army's top point producers on horse and still rings rookie season ... posted highest mark of 9.0 on horse in first-place finish versus Vermont ... also finished first in James Madison meet on the horse (8.75) and all-around (50.1) ... second-best score of 8.8 recorded in meet with William & Mary ... season-high 8.35 scored twice on parallel bars, the first in meet with arch-rival Navy and the second against William & Mary ... recorded best score on floor exercise (8.65) in preliminary round at the ECAC Championships ... set career-high all-around mark of 50.2 against William & Mary.
High School/Club: Competed for the Maine Academy of Gymnastics ... four-time all-around champion in the tri-state area of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont ... a five-time regional qualifier who competed as an all-arounder at the Junior National Championships ... finished 25th nationally ... three-time academic All-American.
Personal: Given name is Nate Collard Whitten ... born May 17, 1982 ... parents' names are Lanny and Jeannine Whitten ... younger brother Brandon, a freshman, is also on the gymnastics team ... majoring in Systems Engineering.
